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Rate   Press of Atlantic City | Mon, Nov 3

Mon, Nov 3 Either way, Grier is having a ball with "Chocolate News," which airs 10:30 p.m. Wednesdays on Comedy Central. The show bills itself as "the only source for pure, uncircumcised realness from an Afro-centric perspective" (in the bombastic ...

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13 Months Ago, Arizona Daily Star says (in Faux news shows bringing more black perspective to comedy TV)  AZ - Nov 22, 2008
On Comedy Central's "Chocolate News," Grier plays a serious-as-a-heart-attack anchorman who, after delivering a rant-filled commentary, declares the program ...

And Philadelphia Daily News says (in Black comics deliver faux news on cable)  PA -
On Comedy Central's "Chocolate News," Grier plays a serious-as-a-heart-attack anchorman who, after delivering a rant-filled commentary, declares the program ...

Thumbnail And ABC News says (in Grier Pledges to Roast 'Half Black' Obama) New York Press
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Chocolate News" anchor David Alan Grier rants about Obama's "blackness." In some ways he is, and he does and he's not. But, in a recent interview with ...
For comedians, Obama poses a serious dilemma San Francisco Chronicle
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Thumbnail And The Spokesman Review says (in Black comedians look at news) On Comedy Central's "Chocolate News," Grier plays a serious-as-a-heart-attack anchorman who, after delivering a rant-filled commentary, declares the program ...
Grier Pledges to Roast 'Half Black' Obama ABC News
For comedians, Obama poses a serious dilemma San Francisco Chronicle

And San Jose Mercury News says (in David Alan Grier, DL Hughley put a different spin on the news)   USA -
On Comedy Central's "Chocolate News," Grier plays a serious-as-a-heart-attack anchorman who, after delivering a rant-filled commentary, declares the program ...

14 Months Ago, San Diego Union Tribune says (in The timing couldn't be better for Grier's 'Chocolate News') The host is a pompous, potty-mouthed windbag who calls his program “the only source for pure, uncircumcised realness from an Afrocentric perspective.” David Alan Grier, who plays that character on “Chocolate News,” the new sketch-comedy program tonight on Comedy Central, calls it hi...

Source:  Press of Atlantic City
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